Source: The Telegraph [UK]
“A girl plucked from the Mediterranean this week is believed to be the sole survivor of a migrant shipwreck that was carrying 45 people. The girl, reported to be about 11 years old, was rescued by the Trotamar III, a yacht operated by a German NGO, and brought to the island of Lampedusa, south of Sicily, early on Wednesday. The child, who is believed to be from Sierra Leone, was kept afloat by a cheap life vest and two inflated inner tubes for car tyres wrapped around her body. … The girl told rescuers that she and about 45 other migrants departed in a boat from the port of Sfax in Tunisia four or five days ago. But when they hit strong winds and large waves, the boat – a crudely made vessel consisting of sheets of steel welded together – capsized and sank.” (12/11/24)